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“Installing the Shuriken is a snap. The fittings for your processor simply snap into place with a push. It's not the most efficient cooler you can buy, but its low-profile design and silent operation make it a good choice for a media centre.”

- Expert Reviews

“Ultimately the Scythe Shuriken heatsink was a very quiet low profile heatsink that stood up to the tests better than we anticipated.”

If you are a fan of old Ninja movies then you might know what a Shuriken actually is. If not, it is a metal star-shaped object more commonly known as a "death star", "ninja star" or even "throwing star". Ninjas use them as a weapon that they can conceal in their clothing and then throw toward their enemies to inflict as much pain as possible! In the movies, the goodies always seem to hit the baddies directly between the eyes: at least it was a quick death!

As to why Scythe have decided to name their latest CPU cooler Shuriken is anyone's guess! It might be because of the cutting-edge (sorry!) performance it provides, or perhaps because Scythe are running out of Japanese names to call their products. Whatever the reasons are, no doubt Scythe will continue to provide us with some of the strangest names for CPU coolers ever conceived!

The Scythe Shuriken is essentially a smaller version of the Zipang. Measuring only 64mm in height, this cooler should have no problems fitting inside a low profile or media centre chassis. It uses three heatpipes which have been bent into an oval shape. The heat generated by the CPU feeds through both sides of the heatpipes and is transferred into the large aluminium fins. The heatpipes are soldered to the underside of the large heatsink which helps to reduce the cooler's overall height.

Mounted on the top of the large aluminium heatsink is an oddly-sized 100mm PWM fan. The PWM function allows the motherboard to control the fan's RPM based on the temperature of the CPU. This means that if things start to heat up then the fan speed will increase to compensate for the additional heat. Another odd feature about the fan is that it is only 12mm thick: another height-saving feature.

The Shuriken has been designed to provide compatibility with the most common desktop motherboards. Intel's socket 478, LGA775 and AMD's socket 754, 939, 940 and AM2 platforms are all supported. The new RevB version increases compatibility even further, Intel's LGA1366, LGA1155/6 and AMD's AM2+ and AM3 sockets are now all covered!

Intel and AMD - push-pins or clips, does not require motherboard removal

Abmessungen

105 x 116 x 64 mm

Lüfterdrehzahl

650 - 2200 U/min (±10%)

Lüftergeräusch

10,5dBA - 31,67dBA

Luftstrom

11,81CFM - 31,91CFM

Gewicht

355 g

Garantie

24 Monate

EAN Barcode

4571225043661

Kundenbewertungen

Is it on?

Simon Cheesbrough, 22nd May 2015

I ordered this for my CoolerMaster/Gigabyte UD5/i7 box. The system visualizer shows a 10-15'C drop in operating temperature with nothing above 59'C. And just now I had to check it was on as I automatically went for the power-on button. And that's after adding a Noctua NF-R8 REDUX fan to sit over the graphics cards. Awesome stuff.

Simon

So far, awesomeness all the way

Richard Lord, 20th April 2015

Early days yet, as the cooler has been fitted for less than a week, but the quietness is amazing. The fan it replaced was not much quieter than a Boeing 747 spooling up all engines prior to take-off. Now I can't even tell if the machine is on or off unless I look at it to see if the power light is on.

Fitting the cooler on a Socket 478 chip was a doddle (if a bit tight thanks to my chubby fingers) and the alternative fittings for other processor types look similarly well designed and finished. Oh and, to save you emailing customer services to ask, there is a small packet of thermal paste included in the box too.

We'll see how it performs over the summer months but to date the processor temp has barely been above the board temp.

Perfect for an old P4 socket 478

Jean-Marc Billaud, 31st May 2014

It just fits into my old ASUS Barbone. No margin, but it fits. Very easy to install on the 478 socket, no need to remove the motherboard. And very quiet. I bought it for an audiophile PC, and yes, it is quiet enough. I now need to work on the power supply.

Recommended

Anonymous, 6th May 2014

My HTPC is definitely quieter since installing this CPU cooler but installation was fiddly and took longer than I thought it would due to the position of the "pins" (which are situated under the radiator) making it difficult to get downward pressure on them in order to "pop" the clips into the mobo. Having said that, I think it offers good value for money.

Size is not everything

Anonymous, 9th February 2013

This is a sweet little low profile heatsink with fan and it was simple to fit (ok, the lga775 push fit system is never pleasant) but once in it works and is beautifully quiet where fan controlled. On full speed the rpm is high but I found it whined too much, and as it only sits in a server case the fan speed has been halved. For my purposes a high score but if you need to cool a high end CPU in a hardcore system it may not be for you.

It might be better if you use a Ninja II instead of a Shuriken, which will be much more up to the job of cooling your Athlon 64 X2 6000+, or if you need a smaller cooler for a low-profile case, etc., we would recommend the Mini Ninja.